System and device having fantasy-sports mechanism

A device for hosting a computer-implemented game that leverages player skill to provide limited opportunities to select game elements of a fantasy sports game and incorporates real-life performance of human athletes to determine a computer-guided outcome, the game being played on a remote device having a housing and an electronic display device and an electronic input device coupled to the housing, the electronic input device being configured to receive a physical input from an entrant of the fantasy sports game to initiate the fantasy sports game and transform the input into an electronic data signal, the device comprising:

• one or more communication interfaces configured to receive the electronic data signal from the remote device;
• and
• game-logic circuitry configured to:
• receive, via the at least one of the one or more communication interfaces, an entry fee corresponding to the electronic data signal to initiate play of the fantasy sports game;
• select a roster of real-life athletes of a real-life sport from a pool of selectable real-life athletes;
• communicate the roster to the remote device to cause the electronic display device of the remote device to present the roster;
• receive, via at least one of the one or more communication interfaces, entrant input identifying, at the entrant's option, none, all, or at least one but less than all of the athletes in the roster to be replaced;
• replace in the roster the identified athletes in the roster with other real-life athletes randomly selected from the pool;
• repeat the receiving and replacing steps none or more times;
• after the repeating step, determine a total score associated with the roster, each athlete in the roster having a respective individual score calculated from a real-life performance of the athlete in the real-life sport, the total score being based on a combination of the individual scores of the respective athletes in the roster;
• and
• award an award in response to the total score meeting a predetermined criterion.

A gaming system operating a computer-implemented game that leverages player skill to provide limited opportunities to select game elements of a fantasy sports game and incorporates real-life performance of human athletes to determine a computer-guided outcome, the game being portrayed on an electronic device having a housing, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device, the electronic display device and the electronic input device being coupled to the housing, the electronic input device configured to receive from an entrant of the fantasy sports game a physical input related to the fantasy sports game and to transform the input into a corresponding electronic data signal, the gaming system comprising:

• one or more communication interfaces configured to receive the electronic data signal from the electronic device;
• and
• game-logic circuitry configured to:
• receive, via at least one of the one or more communication interfaces, an entry fee corresponding to the electronic data signal to initiate play of the fantasy sports game;
• select a roster of real-life athletes of a real-life sport from a pool of selectable real-life athletes;
• communicate, via at least one of the one or more communication interfaces, the roster to the electronic device to cause the electronic display device of the electronic device to present the roster of real-life athletes;
• receive, via at least one of the one or more communication interfaces, entrant input identifying, at the entrant's option, none, all, or at least one but less than all of the athletes in the roster to be replaced;
• replace in the roster the identified athletes in the roster with other real-life athletes randomly selected from the pool;
• repeat the receiving and replacing steps none or more times;
• after the repeating step, determine a total score associated with the roster, each athlete in the roster having a respective individual score calculated from a real-life performance of the athlete in the real-life sport, the total score being based on a combination of the individual scores of the respective athletes in the roster;
• and
• award an award in response to the total score meeting a predetermined criterion.